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–adjective
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
Origin:
bef. 900;
ME
unmete,
OE
unmǣte.
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un-
1
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meet
2
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un·meet
(ŭn-mēt')
adj. Not fitting or proper; unseemly.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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unmeet
O.E.
unmæte
"immoderate, excessive," from
un-
(1) "not" +
meet
(adj.). Cf. O.H.G.
unmazi
. Meaning "unfitting" is from 1529; that of "unsuited" (for some purpose) is from c.1522.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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